Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 331.151 (2026)

County public hospital; contagious diseases; establishment, referendum.

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PUBLIC HOSPITALS


Act 350 of 1913


331.151 County public hospital; contagious diseases; establishment, referendum.

Sec. 1.

    Any county board of supervisors may establish a public hospital when approved by the electors of the county. The hospital, when established, shall offer among its services the treatment of contagious and infectious diseases. The question of establishing a hospital shall be presented to the county electors at a special or regular county election. The election proceedings hereunder shall be conducted in accordance with Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1954, as amended, being sections 168.1 to 168.992 of the Compiled Laws of 1948.

History: 1913, Act 350, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 10858 ;-- Am. 1917, Act 231, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- Am. 1923, Act 198, Eff. Aug. 30, 1923 ;-- CL 1929, 7063 ;-- CL 1948, 331.151 ;-- Am. 1960, Act 43, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1960

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1954–1990 · leading case: Petrus v. Dickinson Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 457 N.W.2d 359 (Mich. Ct. App. 1990).
Petrus v. Dickinson Cnty. Bd. of Commissioners, 457 N.W.2d 359 (Mich. Ct. App. 1990). “350 of the Public Acts of 1913, being sections 331.151 to 331.169 of the Michigan Compiled Laws [MSA 14.”
Touchton v. River Dist. Cmty. Hosp., 256 N.W.2d 455 (Mich. Ct. App. 1977). “At that time, § 13 of that act read as follows: "The patient shall have absolute right to employ at his or her own expense his or her own physician or nurse, and when acting for any patient in such hospital the physician employed by such patient shall have exclusive charge of…”
Barrows v. Grand Rapids Real Est. Bd., 214 N.W.2d 532 (Mich. Ct. App. 1974). “1 MCLA 331.151 et seq.; MSA 14.1131 etseq. 2 The provisions dealing with minimum commission rates were deleted from the bylaws subsequent to the filing of the complaint and approximately one year prior to trial.”
State v. Doyle & Assocs., Inc., 132 N.W.2d 99 (Mich. 1965). “]), or a hospital, PA 1913, No 350, as amended (CL 1948 and CLS 1961, § 331.151 et seq. [Stat Ann 1956 Rev and Stat Ann 1963 Cum Supp § 14.”
Albert v. Gogebic Cnty. Pub. Hosp. Bd. of Trs., 67 N.W.2d 244 (Mich. 1954). · cites it 2× “Grand View hospital was established under the provisions of the county hospital act, PA 1913, No 350, as amended (CL 1948, §331.151 et seq. [Stat Ann § 14.1131 et seq.”
DeGaynor v. Dickinson Cnty. Mem'l Hosp. Bd. of Trs., 109 N.W.2d 777 (Mich. 1961). “* CL 1948, § 331.151 et seq., as last amended by PA 1960, No 43’.”
Martinson v. Kreski, 170 N.W.2d 257 (Mich. Ct. App. 1969). · cites it 2× “In 1965 at referendum was submitted to the voters of Iron county to establish a county hospital in accord with MCLA § 331.151 et seq. (Stat Ann 1969 Ctim Supp § 14.”
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